אָיַב

Qal Perfect וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י 2 Mos 23,22 Participle אוֺיֵב (אֹיֵב) 2 Mos 15,6 +; suffix (אוֺיְבִי)אֹיְבִי) 2 Sam 22,18 = Sl 18,18 +; feminine suffix אֹיַבְתִּי Mik 7,8; Mik 7,10 אֹיִבְךָ 2 Mos 23,4 +, etc.; plural אֹויְבִים Sl 68,24; Sl 127,5 אֹיְבִים Sl 139,22, etc.; — be hostile to, treat as enemy 2 Mos 23,22 (E, Cov't code) וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶתאֹֿיְבֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶתצֹֿרְרֶיךָ (subject ׳י); elsewhere Participle 1 Sam 18,29 וַיְהִי שָׁאוּל אֹיֵב אֶתדָּֿוִד; usually as substantive & mostly suffix; enemy, of personal foe 2 Mos 23,4 (E || שׂנֵא v2 Mos 23,5) 4 Mos 35,23 (P) 1 Sam 19,17 (compare 1 Sam 18,29) 1 Sam 24,5; 1 Sam 24,20; 2 Sam 4,8; 1 Kong 21,20; Job 27,7; Sl 54,9; Sl 55,13 (|| מְשַׂנֵּא; opposed to אַלּוּף, מְיֻדָּע vSl 55,14) Mik 2,8; Ord 16,7; Ord 24,17 +; in simile Jer 30,14 (מַכַּת אוֺיֵב); of public national enemy, singular Dom 16,23; Dom 16,24 collective 2 Mos 15,6; 2 Mos 15,9; 5 Mos 33,27; Nah 3,11; 2 Kron 6,24 +; personified Mik 7,8; Mik 7,10 more often plural 2 Mos 23,22 (E) 3 Mos 26,7 f (H) 4 Mos 10,9 (P) 5 Mos 1,42; 5 Mos 6,19; Jer 15,9; Jer 34,20; Jer 34,21 +; of enemies of God, as protector of his people 4 Mos 10,35 (J) Dom 5,31; 1 Sam 30,26; 2 Sam 18,19; Sl 66,3; Sl 68,1; Sl 68,22; Nah 1,2; Nah 1,8; Es 66,6 +; as morally supreme Job 13,24; Job 33,10; Sl 37,20; Sl 92,10 (twice in verse) +; of God as enemy of rebellious people Es 63,10, in simile Klg 2,4; Klg 2,5.